Man up and check your health

DESPITE man-flu being recognised as more virulent and nasty than any female ailment, men do not like going to the doctor.

Breaking through their largely male workforce’s reluctance to undertake regular health screenings was an issue for Abigroup and its health and well-being officer, Cadence Page, because they’re even tougher nuts (or believed they were) in the construction industry.

“There’s a lot of work on, blokes are working six days a week, there’s a big drinking and smoking culture and if they’re not sick, they think they’re a perfect specimen,” she said.